Seems to me you were snake-bitten from day one

Absent somehow when they shot off the right from the wrong gun

Always swimming in the deep end of your troubled pool

Opted for that asphalt as your chosen school


Then you got shipped off to DYS

Threw your life into a great big mess

But you could care less.


It's a tale of increasing woe

You know how the story goes

Hard Luck Kid has us all asking, why?

Once a shine in your mother's eyes

Failed attempts now make her cry

Hard Luck Kid when will you ever learn?

When will you ever learn?


From Southie to Walpole you went from small to bigger crime

Hanging out with cross colors crews, promoted to full time

Kept up in step, upped your rep, by pulling those hold-up jobs

Now you find yourself locked up with Cedar Junction mobs


Murphy boy is locked down in the can

Probably not part of the big plan

Does he understand?

It's a tale of increasing woe

You know how the story goes

Hard Luck Kid has us all asking, why?

Once a shine in your mother's eyes

Failed attempts now make her cry

Hard Luck Kid when will you ever learn?

When will you ever learn?


And I heard you just broke free from institution

Will you turn on to the right path for solution?

Cause I know inside there lies one more shot

Do not be the guy redemption had forgot about, left behind, got passed over by a criminal mind

Back to wrong, same old song

Pete wake up, get back on top, while you still own some hope


It's a tale of increasing woe

You know how the story goes

Hard Luck Kid has us all asking, why?

Once a shine in your mother's eyes

Failed attempts now make her cry

Hard Luck Kid when will you ever learn?

When will you ever learn?